Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Recently South Africa announced the latest of its country?s pyramid schemes. One of the local banks in Namibia put out a strenuous warning to illegal money makers who were running the new pyramid schemes.

The bank called on the help of the public to aid in enforcing the country?s law by reporting these pyramid schemes to the bank. The announcement also asked the country?s leaders and other influential civilians to aid in teaching others the detrimental effects of these pyramid schemes on its victims, especially those who lived in poverty-ridden areas.

The illegality of the pyramid banking schemes, according to the bank announcement, was a violation of its Banking Institutions Act?s Section 5 which says that no one can receive, accept, advertise, take or solicit public deposits without being a registered banking institution http://ujoinfree.com/?id=28

What makes these scams qualify as pyramid schemes is that the primary money making activity of them is the successful hiring of others to pay for the opportunity to join the pyramid. In investigating the work at home schemes, bank officers and other government officials found many of the perpetrators were from other neighboring countries. Some had been closed down in prior years but were beginning to crop back up again in newspaper ads. Some were direct marketed, though, while others were solicited face to face by those already in the pyramid scheme and trying to build their own pyramid under them to make their money.

What the bank and the country officials determined is that people were making money in the pyramid schemes until and unless someone doesn?t deposit the required money or recruit new people. Then the pyramid doesn?t support everyone in it and begins to crumble.

The bank blamed the success and prevalence of pyramid schemes in the country partly on its high unemployment rate. The consequence, unfortunately, they said, was to make poor people poorer and reward only the few that started the pyramid. The fine in South Africa for these schemes, besides financial penalty, is up to ten years in prison.

Wednesday, November 22, 2006

A home photography business doesn?t necessarily require formal photography training. What it does require is a passion for photographic art, an artistic flair, the technical skills to operate the equipment and the ability to market the business.

Someone who is still in high school or college can start out preparing for a home photography business by taking photos for the yearbook or the student newspaper. A basic photography course would be very helpful as well. Nowadays it?s good to know how to operate both a 33 mm and a digital camera. Local community colleges often have very reasonably priced community education courses, many that involve just one class in the evening or on the weekend. Colleges that offer Lifelong Learning Centers for folks 50+ have courses as well, and some of these are taught by very experienced retired home photography business professionals and little or no cost.

There are many types of photography and the home photography business entrepreneur may want to specialize, perhaps in photography for news organizations such as the local daily or weekly paper, in advertising photography for local magazines and local firms that need to market their products. One of the most common forms of home photography business is for events and celebrations such as weddings, bar mitzvahs, anniversaries, and other events. These can be especially lucrative as repeat business and excellent multiple referrals.

Travel photographers have exciting home photography business lives, although it takes a lot of skill and a lot of travel expense and practice photography before that first paid vacation is finely paid for. http://photography-business.eoltt.com

Some folks create a home photography business working as photojournalists or specializing in medical or science photographers. While quite lucrative, these almost require a four year degree with extensive photography and communication training. A college photography internship is a wonderful foot in the door for a home photography business as well.

A portfolio is a must for building clientele for a home photography business. This means taking lots and lots of unpaid photo shots to show off exceptional talent to potential clients.

Helpful ways to learn the ins and outs of home photography and a home photography business are by working as an assistant to a photographer, by joining associations and organizations of fellow photographers and by attending seminars and workshops on home business and photography.

Sunday, November 19, 2006

A home based business does not always start out as a residual income opportunity. For a person who starts his own home business, making it turn out a residual income is something they have to do. Fortunately, turning a home based business into residual income is not as hard as it may seem. All it takes is a little knowledge about it and little hard work.

The key to making a home business a way to earn income is to understand what residual income is all about. It is incomethat is earned on an ongoing basis without a person having to do work eachtime they get paid. This is different than the linear income we are all used to when we work a typical job. Linear income is earning income based upon the amount of time worked. With residual income a person can work one hour and get paid for days just for that one hour of work.

The set up for this is to have some way to make income without having to be involved. Websites are a great platform for residual income. A person sets up a website with their product catalogue. They insert a shopping cart feature and customers can shop and buy without the owner needing to do anything. For a pure residual income the owner should have products drop shipped. In this case once the orders are placed they go to the drop shipper and the products are shipped to the customer without the owner having to do anything. This is residual income because the owner only spent the initial time setting up the website and marketing. For that small amount of time spent they continued to get paid every time an order is placed. http://homeincomeportal.com/obhmy365/shop.htm

Another option is to set up an affiliate program. In an affiliate program the owner would sign people up to be representatives for their company. These people or affiliates would go out and market and sell their products. For their efforts the affiliates would get a commission on every product they sell. To make it most profitable for the business owner, the commission would need to be rather small, but then the affiliates may be unhappy.

That is where the other part of the affiliate program comes in. They would be able to sign up other affiliates. Every sale these new affiliates make would result in a cut of commission to the original affiliate. This allows the them to earn more commission by signing up others to do the work instead of having to sell more themselves. An affiliate program benefit’s the owner because they are having both marketing and sales handled for them by their affiliates.

Turning a home based business into residual income is not that hard to do. By setting up the right system a business owner can make their home business pay them again and again for minimal work on their part. It is a great situation and one that every home business owner should try.

Saturday, November 18, 2006

Let's face it everyone wants to succeed with their home based internet business ? But what does it takes to really succeed in cyberspace ?

1. Your first ultimate start must include written goals and plans. Formulate a plan of weekly activity and be persistent in following it-if you fail to plan, you plan to fail. Sticking to your plan is essential for success.

2.Don't wait for everything to be exactly right to start...THERE WILL NEVER BE A "PERFECT" TIME! Start now, with whatever you have. The things you need will come to you as you work toward your goal. You cannot become successful in anything when you're trying to do too many things at once.

3. Treat your business as a serious, full-time business, and it will become one. Think of your first six months primarily as a training period. Don't expect large earnings until after you've educated yourself.

4. Be patient. You'll work the hardest your first six months or so and get compensated the least. Big incomes never happen overnight. They only come after you've properly shown your affiliates how to duplicate your efforts. Always be ENTHUSIASTIC!! Don't give yourself unrealistic expectations.

5. Don't complain to your upline leaders. Realize that what you accomplish is mainly in your hands, no one else's. Also realize that, when you see a problem, 95% of the time there are factors you are unaware of. Don't jump to conclusions. When you have a problem, present it in a concise letter as positive, constructive criticism. Offer solutions if possible, too. Not only will this approach get you better results, but you'll be building your relationship with your upline instead of tearing it down.

6. Be organized, but don't allow the act of organizing keep you from the most important element of a successful business. MARKETING. Market and promote your business EVERY DAY! Don't let little problems upset you. Concentrate on the many positives...and the "big picture."

7. Always remember that the only thing that will never change is that there will always be changes. Don't let changes upset you. Know that you will have to deal with changes and other obstacles, both big and small, continually. Be prepared to be flexible.

8. Don't be a negative thinker and don't let the negative attitudes of others (even if they're family members, friends, or peers) influence you. All the great men and women in history had to overcome the naysayers who said it couldn't be done-and then went out and did it. Think for yourself!

9. Don't be derailed by "perfection paralysis." Realize that you won't be able to do everything perfectly. Do the best job you can, then move on to the next project. Keep learning and keep moving ahead.

10. Read books that will convince you how powerful your mind really is. Develop the tremendous potential in you (that we all have) that has never been tapped!

11. Don't quit. The only way to fail is if you give up. Remember always..."You are what you think you are"

Wednesday, November 15, 2006

The search engine is the one handling all the tracking and payments, providing an easy way for webmasters to display content-sensitive and targeted ads without having the hassle to solicit advertisers, collect funds, monitor the clicks and statistics which could be a time-consuming task in itself. It seems that there is never a shortage of advertisers in the program from which the search engine pulls the Adsense ads. Also webmasters are less concerned by the lack of information search engines are providing and are more focused in making cash from these search engines.

The first reason why Adsense is essential for content sites is because it already has come a long way in understanding the needs of publishers and webmasters. Together with its continuous progression is the appearance of more advanced system that allows full ad customization. Webmasters are given the chance to choose from many different types of text ad formats to better complement their website and fit their webpage layout.

The different formatting enables the site owners the possibility of more click through from visitors who may or may not be aware of what they are clicking on. It can also appeal to the people visiting thus make them take that next step of looking up what it is all about. This way the people behind the Adsense will get their content read and making profit in the process.

The second reason is the ability of the Adsense publishers to track not only how their sites are progressing but also the earnings based on the webmaster-defined channels. The recent improvements in the search engines gives webmasters the capability to monitor how their ads are performing using customizable reports that has the capacity to detail page impressions, clicks and click-through rates. Webmasters and publishers can now track specific ad formats, colors and pages within a website. Trends are also easily spotted.

With the real-time reporting at hand, the effectiveness of the changes made will be assessed quickly. There would be time to sort out the contents that people are making the most clicks on. The ever-changing demands would be met while generating cash for the webmasters and publishers. http://nehoma.com/obhmy365The more flexible tools are also allowing webmasters to group web pages by URL, domain, ad type or category, which will provide them some accurate insight on which pages, ads and domains are performing best.

The last and final reason is that the advertisers have realized the benefits associated having their ads served on targeted websites. Thus increasing the possibility that a prospective web surfer will have an interest in their product and services. All because of the content and its constant maintenance. As opposed to those who are no using Adsense in their sites, they are given the option of having other people do their content for them, giving them the benefit of having successful and money-generating web sites.

Adsense is all about targeted content, the more targeted your content is, the more target the search engines ads will be. There are some web masters and publishers who are focused more on their site contents and how best to maintain them rather than the cash that the ads will generate for them. This is the part where the effectiveness is working its best.

There was a time when people were not yet aware of the money to be achieved from advertisements. The cash generated only came into existence when the webmasters and publishers realized how they can make Adsense be that generator. In those days, the content were the most important factors that is taken quite seriously. It still is. With the allure of money, of course.

Obinna Heche: Los Angeles- California

Delivering the best home based business ideas, opportunities and resources so you can work at home successfully.. http://ujoinfree.com/?id=28

Monday, November 13, 2006

Many people think an MLM business is set up to run on its own and generate a residual income. The fact is that it takes some work to make that MLM start building a steady income. Nobody gets rich overnight from an MLM. It takes more than signing up to get started and get going. Combine that with the fact that most it run solely online and many people give up before they even get started because they do not understand how to make it work. There are a few keys a person needs to know to make an online residual income.

Making a good choice is the first step to achieve a success. A person has to choose something they are interested in and something they think they can get others interested in. If a person seriously believes in a product then they should have no problems telling others about it and telling them why they must buy it. It makes it much easier to start with a product and company that a person can stand behind than having to start by convincing themselves that it is worthwhile. http://homeincomeportal.com/obhmy365/showcase.htmIt is a waste of time trying to build up belief in something when there are plenty of opportunities from which to choose. A person should look around until he finds the one that suits him.

Getting marketing help is part of what an MLM is about and also a key to success. An MLM is supposed to be a team effort. A person needs to understand that they should go to those higher up in the company and get help to build a good marketing campaign. Those who are already successful with the company have some amazing things to share. They make pass on tricks and tips for creating a profitable marketing campaign. There is no reason to go at it alone when help is so openly available.

Thinking big is a must in an MLM. A person needs to take advantage of the internet and seek out customers and team members form all over. The larger an area covered the more possibilities. By taking advantage of the fact that the internet allows a person to market all over the world, they can build a team and customer base of people all over the world, thus expanding their business.

These three things are keys to making an MLM a success. By following through on them a person will find they can make a steady online residual income. Online business is worlds away from business off line. There is just so much opportunity that it would be a waste to not use it all. These three keys make use of everything the internet has to offer a business person.

Sunday, November 12, 2006

Residual income just does not happen. A person has to build it. One of the best ways to build residual income is through a website. A website gives a person many opportunities for some extra income. Websites are also a great platform because they create many advantages for the website owner. Building steady income with a website is something anyone can do, all it takes is the drive to do it. http://ujoinfree.com/?id=28

Websites are a great tool to use when you want to earn income online. They operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. They are always available for customers and they do not need constant managing to work. They are the idealemployee. The website can have a shopping cart to take and process orders and payment. It can have a catalogue of merchandise, too. It is both anemployee and store in one.

Besides taking orders there are ways to optimize a website to help a business earn even more money. One idea is having a subscription site. The main part of the site with the catalogue and shopping cart is public but a business owner can make part of the site for subscription only. This part of the site must offer something a person would be willing to pay for and something that a lot of people would be interested in. People pay a fee to become a member and have access to the members only part of the website.

Another option is offering an affiliate program. This is a residual income in itself but tied in with a website and a person can really skyrocket their business. on the other hand a business owner could join some affiliate programs and advertise them on their website. This would create two streams of residual income and provide a sense of stability of income.

To get started a person has to build their website. There are many places a person can find help to do this. There are templates that make it super simple to build a professional website. It is important, though, that the website look professional and is easy for the customer to use. Professional website building services are reasonably priced and may be the best bet for the more technically challenged person. That way they can make sure that everything is set up on the website to optimize it for making money.

The internet and websites have really changed the face of business, especially small business. They take a lot of the costs away and make it affordable for almost anyone to build their own residual income based business. The potential for success is amazing and all a person has to do is build their website to get started.

Thursday, November 09, 2006

How to be successful with you home based business really depends on attitude, persistence and of course what your business offers. Lets start with attitude. Everyone starts out with this attitude that man I am going to succeed and be able to quit my full time job by next year.Well I am not going to say that can not happen, but lets be realistic here. A home based business is just like any other business the only difference is you are doing it from home.And this kind of thinking that you will get rich over night is usually the death of your business. It is great to have a goal but keep it within reach. To have a successful home business, the key is watching it grow from month to month.

So keeping your attitude good and not get discouraged when you are not making $20K a month is the first key to being successful. Remember you want to grow each month, as you grow you also expand bringing in more business and revenue. http://ujoinfree.com/?id=28

The hardest part about all that is when you first get going in your new home business. You are not known to anyone, so you have to sell your business to the public.I can remember when I first started with one website on the internet where you can put classified ads was not producing for me. And I had seen where it was a very good website for getting business.

So after a few weeks went by, I came back to that website and changed a few words in my ad Bingo, what do you know I started getting replies and next thing I know I had people signing up under me to become affiliates.Now if I would have quit on that site and said shoot this website is a joke, I would not have signed up all those people who in turn signed up people and they were selling and bringing commission to me and to themselves.So I learned quickly that persistence is a key to help make your business grow. I wanted to give up but I found it in me to keep trying and trying.Lets talk persistence, now this is where a lot of people die in the home business arena. They run across failures of some sort, whether it is marketing, people not following through, etc.

YOU have to keep at it. Persistence is the key, if it failed once, does not mean it will fail again, you have to keep trying and trying and trying and before you know it all that persistence will pay off for you. Now we want to talk about what your business has to offer. We all know there are so many scams or so called businesses on the internet.Everything from taking surveys, to getting paid to read emails, to selling Viagra. So what are the true legitimate businesses out there to start in? http://www.nehoma.com/obhmy365/

Well to find that answer out, you have to do a lot of research. I have an article on the internet explaining in detail on how to go about finding the legitimate home businesses, and not the scams.

You can read that article on my website. I can proudly say that I have found 2 work at home businesses that I am successfully running and making money at. http://ujoinfree.com/?id=28

So just remember if you are wanting to start a home business, it will take some work but the rewards are great. Persistence, attitude and what your business offers are the keys to being successful.

Wednesday, November 08, 2006

Residual income programs are built on people recruiting people. One person sells their business idea to another who joins and becomes the down line to help earn that perso money. Selling is all about appealing to a persons emotions. They try to get a person to feel passionate about what they do, so they will buy into it. That is why many people choose a residual income program that is not for them. They were sold based upon their emotions not rational thinking, which is the best way to choose a residual income opportunity.

The process of selling is showing passion and getting other to feel that passion about what is being sold. One of the goals in this businessis to get others to sign up and become part of the team. As more people sign up the people who signed them up make more money. It is easy to see why people use aggressive tactics to sell the program to others. It is also easy to see why many people end up choosing the program that is not the best for them.

Overcoming the emotions and being able to choose based upon well thought out reason is the way to choose the best residual income program. So, how can a person do that? They need to learn the top things to look for in a good program. The program needs to have an appealing product. It needs to be something that is interesting and something that people will buy. They should also be unique and something people cannot buy anywhere else. The company should have a stable history. It should have good growth potential and not have any problems financially or structurally. It should have a good marketing system that is taught to every new person. It should be easy to use and something that is easy to learn. The payment plan should be easy to understand and make sense. It should be easy for a person to see how they can make a long term profit. Lastly, the company needs to show team work is built into it. Team work should be a main part of the company and should be easy for a person to see when they start to learn about the company.

The best residual income program is defined by each person. It is perhaps easier to define the worst program. The guidelines above, though, should explain how to weed out the bad ones and settle in on the ones that have the possibility to be the best. By reading through them and getting to understand them a person should have a good understanding what makes for a good company where they can earn a good income.

Tuesday, November 07, 2006

It would seem that a lot of folks agree that the time is right for starting a home business. In fact, half of the 1.5 million businesses that launched in 2005 were home based and two thirds of them were started by women.

Many are starting a home business on a part time basis, while keeping their full time occupation until the business can support them and their families.

One flight attendant, for example, is a dressmaker part time. Starting a home business for her was the result not only of a love for fabric and creation but the uncertainty of the airline industry’s future. She lives just outside New Orleans and specializes in Mardi Gras costumes and evening wear.

Starting a home sewing business has been a dream since she was only 12 years old. Now 41, she honed her skills as an assistant to the costume designer for a local theatre group and then did some designing for a theme park near her home town.

Once she decided on starting a home business as a vocation while working full time she turned her dining room into her sewing studio by dipping into her meager savings. She bought fabric, patterns, sewing cabinet, bobbins, thread and needles. Her first job was for a local fabric store and those folks spread the word about her new home business.

The advantages of her starting a home business as a part time while still working was that she could refrain from drawing a salary, putting the business profit into equipment such as new sewing machines, industrial size steam irons, hemmers a commercial press and cutting table.

She also brought her family on board, making her husband the company accountant and letting their four children help in whatever capacity their age and talents allowed.

One year after starting her home business she is doing well enough to cut back on her flight attendant hours. It is her dream to run her home business full time eventually and is well on her way with ten regular clients. Now she carries a portable sewing machine with her on flights with layovers and sews when she can. For this entrepreneur starting a home business is truly a success story.

The idea of finding work at home opportunities seems rather far fetched. Someone looking for such opportunities typically does not know how to start looking for that type of home office work, nor do they even take the time to reflect on whether they are suited for working at home.

Surprisingly though, work at home opportunities might just be one of the easiest thing to find. if you are already employed. Why? Because they are often available for the very job or at least the current employer of the person looking for such opportunities.

That is right. The job a person has right now, that job for which he or she rises at 6am, for which she or he dresses in suit or career attire only to sit in stalled rush hour traffic for a couple hours a day and then in a little cage with the other workers for another eight hours, just might be one of the opportunities.

Most jobs can be done at least part time from home or any location where the means of communication and the necessary information is available. The general rule of thumb for determining if a job can be done at home is to think about whether one could close the door and have contact with no one else for a few hours and still complete job tasks successfully. If the answer is yes, that job is one of the many part or full time work opportunity.

Most home businesses are not nearly as dependent on the right job tasks because most job tasks are right for telework as they are dependent on the right workers. Not everyone has the right temperament for telework. A smart supervisor allows someone who requests a work from home job to complete a self assessment first. This self assessment may let that worker know that she or he is better off working in the office with others.

If the self assessment is completed with that employee still requesting consideration for work, then an assessment of the worker by the supervisor must be completed. Issues for consideration are job knowledge, self-motivation, autonomy, enough technical knowledge to troubleshoot basic computer problems, trustworthiness, a safe and secure home environment and a quiet home office that will allow for work flow and conversations that will be seamless to clients

Monday, November 06, 2006

Are you a dog lover? Are you intrested on establishing your own dog day care business? If yes, then read on.

One of the hottest growth businesses today, this 60-minute video on establishing a profitable Doggie Day Care business will help you plan your business, evaluate your market area and determine if this is the right business for you.

In our Doggie Day Care video, you'll hear from the experts. They'll show you what you need to get started with your own pet care business today.

These professionals provide you a candid look into what you can expect your lifestyle to be like with a career in the Doggie Day Care business.

Just some of what you'll learn:

• Day-to-day operations• Marketing techniques• The most important skill a doggie day care owner must learn • How to avoid costly mistakes• How to get through the zoning process• How to make sure your business is profitable• And much, much more!

You'll see incredible footage of doggie day care facilities from around the country. These professionals will tell you how they got started, exactly what it's like to be in this fun and challenging business and what you need to do to get started today!

Sunday, November 05, 2006

Most people get into network marketing because they are frustrated with their day job and want to get out of it. If you are going to stay in network marketing, then it is extremely important that you get some training and understand how important it is for that training to be ongoing. It is not easy to build a successful sales organization.

A good training program will teach you the basics as well as how to increase your profit. When you start building your downline you will be expected to train them. This is another reason why it is great to have a good training program in place so that you can share it with them. This will ensure that they are successful and will make you successful too.

When you are searching for the perfect training program, Newbie Training Videos keep in mind that other people have done this kind of business successfully and you will want to learn from them and mimic their methods. A good training program can show you how to market your product the right way to garner more sales.

You will want to learn how to use the internet as the powerful marketing tool that it is. Your program should teach you how to write effective ads and powerful sales letters. Also, it should show you how to set up a way to contact your prospects or leads on a regular basis, how to effectively use the internet, how to manage your downline and how to add more income streams without adding to your workload.

You can find some good network marketing programs that will help you improve your communications skills. This will reduce your rejection and eliminate your anxiety and fear you most likely get when you are talking to people. You can also find programs that will help you improve your listening skills and show you how to think positively.

Some programs will even show you how to set attainable goals, how to get organized and how to motivate yourself. The Secrets Of Making Money Online You can also get lead training that will help you wade through the leads and get the best leads for your business. One of the best things about the many training programs available today is that they are inexpensive and you can access them on your home computer. Some of them could even be free. If you are truly serious about your network marketing business and want to make it your full time career, then you need to commit to a good training program.

Look at some of the leaders in the network marketing business. Some of them have created training programs that will show you how they did it. Read through their material and if it does not work for you, then leave it and move on.

Saturday, November 04, 2006

The information I am about to expose to you literally helped my home business and income explode. Unfortunately I had to learn it the hard way and it took me two years to fully understand. I dont claim to have all the answers, I just hope you will take this advice, and learn MORE about it. You have to be willing to learn and make mistakes if you ever want to be successful on the internet. Building a home business online is no easy task, their will be plenty of potholes and struggles that will present themselves along the way. What will make the difference in wether you succeed or fail online will be your ability to apply imformation learned, and your ability to adapt and change. So all I can do here is provide you with some imformation and provoke you to learn more. Ultimately it will be up to you, what you do with it. The subjects I want to provoke you to learn more about are content, keywords, and Blogs.

1. On the Internet content is king and always will be. This is because the Internet is the information superhighway and most people use it for information of some sort. The information on a website is its content. Generally the more useful and interesting content a website has the more successful it will be. This is because more people will want to visit it again and again, this is especially true if a website is constantly adding more and more content on a regular basis be it blogs, articles, tutorials, news and opinion or whatever. Search engines love sites that are constantly adding fresh content, they tend to spider those sites more often. Some websites add so much content to their site they get spidered almost daily! An example is Backpage.com, you can place an ad on their site and somtimes it will be indexed the very next day. So my advice to you is learn more about content and ways of adding fresh content to your site and if you dont own your own website, advertise on websites that ad content daily! This will get your ads indexed by the search engines very quickly.

2. Next up is keywords and how to use them. Whenever you post to forums, blogs, link exchanges, enzines, ad boards, ffa list or any other type of site you submit your ads or articles to , make sure you put your keywords for your site in your title and description! If you only have an affiliate site ask the owner of the program for the keywords he uses to list the site or use a keyword tool from overture or wordtracker to find keywords and phrases that people would use to find your site. Your keywords should also be used in the title and body of any articles you submit for publication on other websites. Search engines love content and it should be keyword RICH, I can not emphasize this enough.

This will not only get your websites indexed faster but it will also get your ads and articles indexed for your keywords! It will also create thousands of links in the search engines, are you starting to understand? Post your ads and articles on sites with lots of fresh content. Search engines crawl these sites somtimes daily, I have had ads get indexed by google over nite! Backpage.com is one of the many types of sites that get crawled almost daily, because their is fresh content being added everyday. I know I am repeating myself here, but I do not want you to forget this! learn as much as you can about keywords and how to use them to get your ads indexed..

3. Marketing and Blogs? Yes! Blogs have fresh content, and remember content is King. A blog is a frequent, online publication of comments, web links and news. It is an online Enzine of sorts. http://www.itsmyfranchise.com/obhmy365People maintained blogs long before the term was coined, but the trend gained momentum with automated published systems, most notably is blogger.com. Thousands of people use services such as Blogger alone. Blogs are pure imformation! Here is another hint START A BLOG, search engines Love Blogs! Post fresh content to it regularly, you can even get a free Blog from Google. Blogs are the marketing and imformation trend of the future, dont get left behind! Learn as much as you can about blogs and how to use them and get started right away blogging, it is the future.

To give you an example, the first two years I was on the internet doing business I would go to google once a week and do a search for my sites. The most links I ever had was around 35, my sales were slow and I only made a few hundred dollars in income a month( I was frustrated). So I started learning as much as I could about marketing on the internet, my focus was on content, keywords, and blogs because this is what most webmasters seemed to talk about in their articles and news letters. After I applied this new knowledge my links in the search engines started growing by the hundreds a week, my income also started growing! My ads and articles started showing up on all kinds of other sites, this is free viral marketing! See if you learn these three topics well everything else will fall into place. I believe these three topics are the key to all marketing on the internet because you can apply these to everything you do, wether it is email marketing, website design, article distribution, gaining incoming links, or placeing ads.

In closing please remember this their is no magic bullet on the internet, no one method that will make you a millionaire. Dont believe the hype, even though we use hype to sell, keep everything in perspective for you are not going to get rich overnight. Everyones learning curve will be different, so learn as much as you can about marketing on the internet and treat your home business like you would treat any brick and mortar business. Just because you work from home dosnt mean it should be any less important to you. The last thing is never quit, it takes time to make the internet work for you. It will work if you dont quit. Alot of people think that if they sign up for an advertising system on the internet, that it will work over night. It dosnt work that way. I signed up for a message system one time for advertising one of my websites, it took four months before I seen the results, but it was sure worth the wait, patience and persistance is the key. I wish everyone success in all that you do.

Thursday, November 02, 2006

Two years ago I needed a way to refresh more PC's and Laptops at my company without spending more. New Dell laptops were great but expensive and over the years we had accumulated many Latitude C series parts. The C series ran from the CPX C600 C610 C400 and C640 models before their new D line of Latitude laptops were released. The docks, drives and many other parts are usable in any of these models so we decided to take advantage of this and purchase used Dell laptops. eBay was where we sourced these. Over the years I've learned some valuable things about buying these expensive items. Here are some tips and some recommendations of sellers I've found to be very reliable.

Know what you are buying.

Don't just go by the model and specs of the machine. I'm seeing two types of units out there. Those that are complete PC's sold as used units. Also refurbished units that have no serial number on the bottom or in the bios. These units can be had at very good prices and so far I've found them all to be in great condition. The problem is that without the serial you can't even get tech support from Dell and obviously there isn't a warranty. If you don't mind this from the right seller these are great. For my use at my company it just isn't worth the appearance of a model with no serial number. I'm passing on these for now.

Always pay using Pay Pal or some other service that lets you use a credit card.

Even when you use a credit card on Paypal your covered by the dispute and charge back protection provided by your credit card company. I've had two instances where the seller did not ship my laptop and I had to dispute the charge with my credit card company. In both cases I received a credit back from my company and had no trouble from Paypal. Before disputing open a formal case with Paypal as they require that before you do a charge back. I'm not sure what the consequences would be but better to appear as if you are trying to use their system.

Form a relationship with a couple reputable sellers..

After doing business with a handful of sellers I trust I now completely bypass eBay. The sellers love the money they save on fees and I can often have them hunt down mint condition Latitude laptops. Some will even customize the laptop to your specs.

Check the sellers feedback..

Look to see that the seller regularly sells Dell equipment. This tells you two things. One that they are a reputable seller and have a history of people who bought the exact same item and were happy. http://www.maximumheavytraffic.com/obhmy365/builder.htm The other thing is that if you see positive feedback regarding non-similar equipment you can assume that they will have no spare parts or service ability. If you see many sales of similar Dell equipment you can be sure that if you have a problem and notify them right away they will probably be able to fix your laptop.

Ask about warranty or warranty transfer assistance.

If you are lucky the unit you purchase will come with some warranty left from Dell. However Dell will not transfer the warranty into your name unless you have the original owners name and address. If you can find a seller willing to provide this you just struck gold! Note, this is not common at all. You can still get Dell to service an in warranty unit but they won't transfer the ownership to your name.

Buying Servers? Look for Dell refurbished units with a warranty.

I don't know how it works but there are many resellers of Dell Servers that are new or refurbished from Dell. These come with the Dell warranty and are transferable. When the server arrives its in the original Dell box still sealed up. The price can't be beat and I've never had a problem. My suspicion is that for those with the right connections, Dell will sell you volumes of over production and refurbished units far below pricing you'd see in their Dell Outlet site. http://www.scsistuff.com" target=new>http://www.scsistuff.com is a great vendor for this type of buy.

Wednesday, November 01, 2006

There is a brand new way of making extra money online and if you are a talker and a surfer it should be a relatively easy and fun occupation. Companies, real advertisers, are starting to pay bloggers to casually talk about their products, disguising the marketing tactic as a casual conversation. Of course, there are plenty of bloggers out there that are getting paid for advertising on their blogs. This, however, is a brand new and very controversial way of making extra money online. The reason for the controversy is not the fact that blogs have ads now but that bloggers would disguise their compensated endorsement as an unbiased opinion. This may not matter if Phil Smon down the street says he likes Coke but what if James Benio touts the greatness of Pennzoil?

The fact of the matter, of course, is that Mr James is not likely to be trying to make extra money online this way. Here is the essence of this payment for blogging arrangement. For this example we have looked at a site and the brand new company today and will take a look at how they explain this making money process.

The first step for bloggers to start making extra money online is to get their tax id number. This is a home business and a blogger will get a 1099. Then, assuming his or her blog is already up and running she just needs to go to the business site and choose the opportunities he feels best suited for. Advertisers are listed here, that seek people to write about the firms site, its products and services. Each opportunity has its own list of requirements to get paid. One advertiser might require only that a link to its site be listed on the blog while another might ask for more extensive content be included or a picture.

The company that is offering the opportunity to make money online will go to the blog, approve the content, link, photo or other requirement and then check back in 30 days to verify that it is still live. That is the one constant requirement for making extra money online with this firm. Tthe blog and the advertisers requirements must remain live online for 30 days. Payment is then made to the bloggers PayPal account.

The idea of finding work at home opportunities seems rather far fetched. Someone looking for such opportunities typically does not know how to start looking for that type of home office work, nor do they even take the time to reflect on whether they are suited for working at home.

Surprisingly though, work at home opportunities might just be one of the easiest thing to find. if you are already employed. Why? Because they are often available for the very job or at least the current employer of the person looking for such opportunities.

That is right. The job a person has right now, that job for which he or she rises at 6am, for which she or he dresses in suit or career attire only to sit in stalled rush hour traffic for a couple hours a day and then in a little cage with the other workers for another eight hours, just might be one of the opportunities.

Most jobs can be done at least part time from home or any location where the means of communication and the necessary information is available. The general rule of thumb for determining if a job can be done at home is to think about whether one could close the door and have contact with no one else for a few hours and still complete job tasks successfully. If the answer is yes, that job is one of the many part or full time work opportunity.

Most home businesses are not nearly as dependent on the right job tasks because most job tasks are right for telework as they are dependent on the right workers. Not everyone has the right temperament for telework. A smart supervisor allows someone who requests a work from home job to complete a self assessment first. This self assessment may let that worker know that she or he is better off working in the office with others.

If the self assessment is completed with that employee still requesting consideration for work, then an assessment of the worker by the supervisor must be completed. Issues for consideration are job knowledge, self-motivation, autonomy, enough technical knowledge to troubleshoot basic computer problems, trustworthiness, a safe and secure home environment and a quiet home office that will allow for work flow and conversations that will be seamless to clients.